A massive rescue effort unfolded off Catalina Island Wednesday night after a medical helicopter carrying five people plunged into more than 200 feet of water shortly after takeoff, killing three people aboard and leaving two hospitalized. The crash happened just before 8 p.m. after the REACH medical helicopter departed the Avalon helipad, according to officials. […]A massive rescue effort unfolded off Catalina Island Wednesday night after a medical helicopter carrying five people plunged into more than 200 feet of water shortly after takeoff, killing three people aboard and leaving two hospitalized. The crash happened just before 8 p.m. after the REACH medical helicopter departed the Avalon helipad, according to officials. […]